Rishe looked into Arnoldâs eyes.
âI have determined that Leo is an assassin.â
ââ¦â
Arnold exhaled quietly upon hearing her response.
âIf thatâs the case, why did you entrust him with the rescue?â
âEven if heâs an assassin, he isnât considered a threatâ¦I believe that he is too kind to make killing people a living.â
The first day they arrived at the Grand Shrine, Leo frantically rode his horse to call for help, to let them know that there had been a carriage accident.
When Myria disappeared, he seriously turned pale and told Rishe what happened. If he was going to kill Myria, he should have just kept quiet and fooled her.
But Leo even called Arnold for help.
âââI took advantage of that. Iâve decided that no matter what skills Leo had, he couldnât kill someone with his gentleness.â
It was for this reason that she let Leo and Myria interact and share a meal together, despite knowing it was a terrible idea.
Because she knew the future.
Leo committed a huge mistake, and his employer punished him so severely that he lost one of his eyes.
If he hadnât escaped with his life, he would have been killed.
His employer was not the Duke, Myriaâs father. It was probably his employer in the assassination business.
Leoâs failure may have been about Myria-samaâs assasination. If the tale about Duke Jornalâs paralysis due to an illness was a lie, then it must be the sequelae of the poison he had used to protect Myria-samaâ¦
The poison that poisoned Rishe and the seamstresses would have left them with severe paralysis, even if it didnât kill them, if the treatment wasnât timely.
In retrospect, the symptoms that appeared on the Duke were exactly the aftereffects of the mixed poison.
The Duke of Jonal I served as a maidservant probably lied to me.
The reason he faked the cause of his illness might have been to avoid unnecessary tension to Myria.
The servants might have been replaced in order to prevent people, who knew that he did not have any chronic illnesses, from informing Myria of the truth.
The Dukeâs paralysis and Leoâs serious injury are destined to be determined in this Grand Shrine.
The uproar that occured here probably resulted in the punishment of the archbishop.
And so Myria grew up believing that the misfortunes that occurred around her were her fault, and she grew up with that trauma buried in her heart.
We have to keep Leo from carrying out the assassination, keep him and His Excellency and the others safe. Keep everything under control⦠However, if the enemy after Myria-sama is the worldâs largest religion, Krushade, it isnât the way to goâ¦
She struggled and let her thoughts slip out.
âWhy would the Order want to kill Myria-sama, the Maiden Priestess?â
ââ¦â
Pfft, she heard a stifled chuckle.
Rishe looked at Arnold in surprise, and he asked.
âDo you really think that the Maiden Priestess is the one that the Order needs to protect?â